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using System.Reflection;

namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Support;

/// <summary>
/// Permits the (re)implementation of an arbitrary method on a Spring.NET
/// IoC container managed object.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <p>
/// Encapsulates the notion of the Method-Injection form of Dependency
/// Injection.
/// </p>
/// <p>
/// Methods that are dependency injected with implementations of this
/// interface may be (but need not be) <see lang="abstract"/>, in which
/// case the container will create a concrete subclass of the
/// <see lang="abstract"/> class prior to instantiation.
/// </p>
/// <p>
/// Do <b>not</b> use this mechanism as a means of AOP. See the reference
/// manual for examples of appropriate usages of this interface.
/// </p>
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Rod Johnson</author>
/// <author>Rick Evans (.NET)</author>
public interface IMethodReplacer
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Reimplement the supplied <paramref name="method"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="target">
    /// The instance whose <paramref name="method"/> is to be
    /// (re)implemented.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="method">
    /// The method that is to be (re)implemented.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="arguments">The target method's arguments.</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// The result of the (re)implementation of the method call.
    /// </returns>
    object Implement(object target, MethodInfo method, object[] arguments);
}
